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All Interest Questions(1–32 of 32)

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Q1mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam 20262026
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An amount will be triple itself in 15 years at a certain rate of simple interest per annum. The rate of interest per annum is:
Q2mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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₹21,000 is lent at compound interest of 10% p.a. for three years. Find the amount.
Q3mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Practice2026
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A sum of money on compound interest amounts to Rs. 13,200 in 2 years and Rs. 14,520 in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per annum?
Q4mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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In how much time will an amount be doubled at the rate of ?
Q5mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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How much time will it take for an amount of ₹ 360 to yield ₹ 72 as interest at 5% p.a. of simple interest?
Q6mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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A sum of money amounted to ₹ 720 in 2 years and ₹ 792 in 3 years when interest is compounded annually. The annual rate of interest, (in %) is:
Q7mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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The difference between simple and compound interests compounded annually on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 18% per annum is Rs 81. The sum is ________.
Q8mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
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The compound interest on Rs. 12,000 for 9 months at per annum, interest being compounded quarterly is:
Q9mediummcqQuantitative Aptitude@NUM: 53SSC CGL2026
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On a certain principal if the Simple Interest for two years is and Compound Interest for the two years is , what is the rate of Interest?
Q10mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeStaff Selection Commission2026
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A sum of money was put at simple interest at x% p.a. for 3 years. Had it been at (x+1)% p.a., it would have fetched Rs. 48 more. The sum (in Rs.) is:
Q11mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeStaff Selection Commission2026
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In what time will a sum of Rs. 10,200 yield Rs. 13,005 as simple interest at the rate of 17% per annum?
Q12mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeStaff Selection Commission2026
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What will be the compound interest of 2 years at the rate of 15% per annum compounded annually for an amount of Rs. 2,800?
Q13mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
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An equal sum is invested in two different schemes. One scheme gives simple interest and the other gives compound interest (annual compounding). The sum of interest obtained after years from both schemes is ₹. If both schemes have a per annum interest rate, then what is the first-year interest (in ₹) of the simple interest scheme?
Q14mediummcqMathematicsStaff Selection Commission2026
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The difference between simple and compound interests compounded annually on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 9% per annum is Rs 405. The sum is ____.
Q15mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 20212026
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The amount of a certain sum at simple interest at 12.5% p.a. in 5 years is ₹1,725 more than the simple interest on the same sum at the same rate in 10 years. The sum (in ₹) is:
Q16mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 20212026
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The amount of a certain sum at simple interest at 8% per annum in 7
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years is ₹3,000 less than twice the sum. The sum (in ₹) is:
Q17mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC Selection Post 20212026
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A certain sum amounts to ₹15,179 in 8
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years at 9% p.a. simple interest. What will be the simple interest (in ₹) on the same sum in 5
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years at the same rate of interest?
Q18easymcqQuantitative AptitudeStaff Selection Commission2026
Simple interest on a sum for months at per annum is . What is the value (in ) of the sum?
Q19mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
A sum becomes Rs 10000 in 10 years on simple interest at the rate of 10% per annum. What is the total interest (in Rs) of the 10 years?
Q20mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
The difference between simple interest on a certain sum at the rate of per annum for months and months is . What is the sum (in )?
Q21mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeSSC CGL2026
Deepak lent Rs. 8800 to Jaichand for 13 years and Rs. 5500 to Kapil for 12 years on simple interest at the same rate of interest and received Rs. 14432 in all from both of them as interest. The rate of interest per annum is:
Q22mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam Prep2026
Find the compound interest on for years at per annum, interest being payable annually.
Q23mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeGeneral Aptitude Test2026
The difference between the compound interest and the simple interest at the same rate of interest, for the amount in years, is . The rate of interest is:
Q24mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeStaff Selection Commission2026
A sum lent at simple interest amounts to ₹6,313 in one year and ₹7,139 in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per annum?
Q25mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeStaff Selection Commission2026
In how much time (in years) will ₹8,000 amount to ₹9,159.20 at 14% per annum interest compounded half yearly?
Q26mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeUP Police Constable2026
What would be the interest accrued in two years if is invested @ interest compounded annually?
Q27mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeUP Police Constable2026
invested at simple interest per annum for years yields the same interest as that on invested at simple interest per annum for years. Find .
Q28mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeCompetitive Exam2026
Calculate the simple interest on ₹37,500 at the rate of per annum for 4 years.
Q29mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePractice Test2026
Priya lent to her friend at a simple interest rate of per annum. After how many years will the interest amount to ?
Q30mediummcqQuantitative AptitudePractice Test2026
A sum of is invested at per annum compounded annually. What will be the amount after ?
Q31mediummcqQuantitative AptitudeStaff Selection Commission2026
The difference between the simple interest on a sum of money for 3
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years at the rate of 12% per annum and simple interest on the same sum of money for 4
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years at 10% per annum is ₹360. Find the sum (in ₹).
Q32mediummcqNumerical AbilityUP Police Constable2026
What will be the interest earned on ₹ 1980 in five years @ 8% simple interest per annum?

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